Sunday Lesson, Mar 5th

For our lesson this Sunday we studied the talk “Abide in My Love” by Elder D. Todd. Christofferson. There are many people that struggle to feel God’s divine love. Elder Christofferson taught, “God’s love is infinite and it will endure forever, but what it means for each of us depends on how we respond to His love.” We discussed some of the things we should do to abide in God’s love and feel close to Him.


We started by breaking into groups and sharing what we learned from the scriptures. From Moses 7:28-33 we learn that God loves us all the time but gave us our agency to choose whether we will love Him and others. We learned from various scriptures that the way for us to feel God’s love is to repent and keep His commandments, and by so doing become converted. The atonement was accomplished as an act of love, but we must use it to feel God’s love in our lives. The scriptures also teach that as we abide in God’s love, we will feel chastened. God chastens us to help us learn and improve (see Hebrews 12:5-11).


Elder Christofferson then explained that the story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan is similar to our experience with abiding in God’s love. Helen became very sick as a child and lost her vision and hearing. As time went on, she became very out of control and her parents hired Anne Sullivan to come and be her teacher. Helen strongly resisted Anne at first, even hitting and biting her, but in time Helen trusted and came to love Anne. Elder Christofferson taught, “Similarly, as we come to trust rather than resist our divine Teacher, He can work with us to enlighten and lift us to a new reality.”

Anne knew Helen could contribute to the world despite her handicaps. God also wants us to become more than we would on our own. Elder Christofferson explained, “We may be quite content with what we have done in our lives and that we simply are what we are, while our Savior comprehends a glorious potential that we perceive only ‘through a glass, darkly.’”


We also discussed Mosiah 3:19, John 15:12, and 1 Corinthians 2:9 which teach us that if we abide in God’s love we will develop Christ like attributes and love others. Great blessings and eternal life come to those that love God.


God’s love is more than a nice feeling; it takes effort to keep the commandments and humility to be willing to accept the Lord’s chastening so we can become more than we are. By doing so, we will obtain our greatest potential and will also have peace, love and joy in the journey.